Council tax bills and benefit or discount applications

We have started posting your annual council tax bills to you.

If you applied for Council Tax benefit or other council tax discount recently, your benefit may not be on your bill. If your application for a benefit is successful, we will send you a new bill showing the new total amount of council tax you will pay.

Only contact us about the missing discount if you haven't got a new bill within one month of when you applied (10 April at the earliest).

Empty property charges

There is no council tax discount for empty properties in Islington and you must pay your full council tax bill or more the longer your property is empty.

You must pay council tax, even if your property is empty. There is no discount for empty properties.

You will pay the full council tax bill for the year on any empty property in Islington including:

second homes
unoccupied but furnished properties
properties undergoing major repair or structural alteration
properties that are unoccupied and substantially unfurnished for less than two years.

Properties empty for more than two years

If a property is unoccupied and substantially unfurnished for between two and five years, you are liable for a 200 per cent council tax charge per year.
If a property has been empty for more than five years, you are liable for a 300 per cent council tax charge per year.